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P&T Knitwear ↗P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Nick Martino to celebrate and discuss his debut poetry collection Scrap Book; a lyric, hybrid exploration of his father’s prison sentence and its aftermath. Nick will be joined by special guest readers Gauri Awasthi and Dr. Darius Phelps, and will sign books after the talk! Doors open at 6:30pm with the reading starting closer to 7:00pm. Come early and grab a drink from the P&T Cafe! Tickets and books are available both on eventbrite and at the door. Housekeeping notes: - This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. - Doors open at 6:30pm, with the reading starting around 7:00pm. - Books will be available for purchase at the event. - Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book. - The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. - If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places! (via P&T Knitwear)
Nick Martino is a poet and teacher from Milwaukee. He is the author of Scrap Book (Alice James Books, 2026), winner of the 2024 Alice James Editors' Choice Award. His poems appear in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, Best New Poets, Gulf Coast, and The Southern Review, among others. A finalist for the 2024 Sewanee Review Poetry Prize, he holds an MFA from UC Irvine.
Gauri Awasthi is a poet, filmmaker, and educator living in New York City. A Yaddo fellow, she has received support from Djerassi, Hedgebrook, and Hambidge Center, where she was a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. Her collection Mother Wound is forthcoming from Trio House Press in October 2026.
Dr. Darius Phelps (he/him) is the author of My God's Been Silent (Writ Large Press, 2026) and The Holy Ghost Lives In Her Laugh (Kith Books, 2026). His work bears witness to grief, faith, and the act of becoming, rooted in Black literary traditions and personal testimony. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in Diode, Tupelo Quarterly, wildness, Frozen Sea, and Cultural Daily, among others.
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